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What Happened to Makani After Food Paradise? (Venice, CA)

Food Paradise, Season 19 Venice, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Makani has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-09 marks the location permanently closed, matching a GAYOT restaurant-guide notice and Google's listing marking it permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 'Global Grub' episode featured Makani, a New American restaurant in Venice Beach built around chef Makani Carzino's market-driven menu of coastal California dishes served near the Venice boardwalk. A Yelp listing updated 2026-09 marked the restaurant's Rose Avenue location as permanently closed, showing 278 photos and 188 reviews accumulated over its run. GAYOT's restaurant guide separately listed the Venice location under a "this restaurant is closed" notice, without giving a specific closure date. No current website or active social media account was found for the business during this check, and the Google Places record for the address likewise showed the location as permanently closed. The Rose Avenue space had operated under Makani's name for several years before the listings marked it closed.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 32
Air date not confirmed
Title: Global Grub · What was featured: New American market-driven coastal California dishes in Venice Beach
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/makani-venice
  2. gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/makani-venice-ca-90291_2la180415.html
  3. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.998084,-118.47373309999999
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Record fp-1655 · checked by Cal Marchetti.